<p>I attend a small college in the South. I made excellent grades in high school (3.8 GPA), and have 7 AP scores of 4 or above. I've never found schoolwork hard, so my reasons for hating college are not academic. (It seems most forums I can find are kids saying they want to drop out because the schoolwork is so challenging). In fact, I find that my classes aren't hard enough. Personal impetus is hardly valued, never mind analytic discussion. I hate the kids I live with in my dorm. They act like they're 13. I myself have no problem with partying, in fact, I love to drink and smoke. These kids get messed up on cheap beer, and end up passing out at 12:30. I could outdo that in middle school, and it's hard to play along at parties when I'm not even drunk and everyone's already passed out. I understand that for a lot of people this is what college is about, but I don't enjoy it at all. I get weird looks for reading books, and even though I love weed, I get criticized for not liking Four Loko. Basically, college has just turned out to be a giant daycare. I'm wondering if all colleges are the same, or if there are schools where people are actually intelligent, willing to party when it's appropriate (during finals week, on Monday, at 4 am, is pretty lame), and able to hold a discussion. I'm sick of dumbing myself down to fit in with these kids, and I've contemplated dropping out. I honestly get along with people who are older than me, and right now I feel like I'm surrounded by children.</p>
<p>addendum: I’m not a goody two-shoes. I’ve had one-night stands, and I’ve done my fair share of stupid things while drunk. But I also can’t stand it when I hear other students bragging about how they failed their latest test, as if that was something to be proud of. I guess I just feel like some weird blend of nerd and normal kid, and it seems like there’s not a place for me. I don’t spend all my time cooped up, but I don’t have a compulsive need to go clubbing. At college, it seems like it’s one or the other with people.</p>
<p>The painfully obvious solution: transfer schools. You come off as being relatively intelligent; why haven’t you already thought of this instead of dropping out?</p>
<p>All freshman dorm, I’m guessing? My daughter felt exactly the same way that you do, down to the people having one drink and then bragging about how drunk they were. Failed a test? Great! Vomited all over the hall? Cool! I think you get this when there are overly sheltered kids from small towns or small high schools, with overprotective parents, who never went anywhere or did anything, and now they feel like they are free and want act stupid. Luckily, my daughter found a different group of people and enjoys college much more now. It’s a little awkward since she doesn’t talk to her roommate anymore, but whatever. Hopefully, you will find some better people too. Maybe try an activity-based group so you can meet some older students.</p>
<p>And of course, transfer schools rather than dropping out. I think that a larger school in a metropolitan area would be more to your liking.</p>
<p>damn, you are just the **** aren’t you?</p>
<p>tansfer north…</p>
<p>I’m at a school up north. One that is said to be mildly academically “prestigious” at that… lived in two dorms thus far in my freshman year, that also housed upperclassmen… and my school is exactly the same way.</p>
<p>I’m starting to think that everything is the same.</p>
<p>pantom state university</p>
<p>damn nigguh so you’re smarter than everyone else AND party better than everyone else?</p>
<p>Ignore the ■■■■■■, Ikf’s advice is sound… seems like you’re surrounded by idiots. I hate that mentality too and I’m at a CC with fairly intelligent people. I think there’s this mindset these people get into because they’re still in that late junior high/high school “Stoopid iz kool” ********. Give into that urge to tell them JUST how stupid they’re acting. Shame them.</p>
<p>You are a smart consumer, so start acting like one. Stop buying a defunct product just because everyone else is buying it.</p>
<p>“I have so thoroughly internalized the logic of capitalism that I define myself by what I buy.”</p>
<p>Thanks loserman you twisted degenerate. I blame the system!</p>
<p>No problem socialist</p>
<p>@loserman - and that defunct product is College itself? You kind of don’t know *** socialism stands for do you?</p>
<p>Stop whining. If you know that you can do the work, do it, that’s the only thing that matters. Stop hanging around with them if you don’t like them.</p>
<p>^That’s fairly useless advice</p>
<p>A smart person would already know how to get out of the situation. I find it funny how people preach about grades and test scores as oppose to actually applying something which is significant.</p>
<p>doesnt sound like you go to a good college since its so easy and u didnt bother to say the name of it #imjustsayin</p>
<p>What was the initial attraction to your college? Did you do any research on the faculty before you began there?</p>
<p>@Itachirumon Don’t see how that’s fairly useless advice, there are students who struggle with work for their majors and this guy says the work isn’t hard enough? An the top of that, thinking of dropping out even if the classes are easy? Well guess what, do the work, graduate with a degree. Make yourself scarce around these kids, Idk, seriously people care too much about making friends with people that you are going to see off and on for 4 years.</p>
<p>globyghost, I sent you a pm.</p>